On February 9, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report to the public, which combines analysis of the practice and recommendations concerning the Law of Georgia on Occupied Terr ...

According to media reports, the Tskhinvali de-facto court sentenced Georgian citizen Giorgi Giunashvili (born in 1978) to 20-year imprisonment. Giunashvili was originally arrested on June 8, 2016, for ...

The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Integration took into account the Public Defender's proposal on opening of groups (classes) in the ...

In 2016, the de facto government of Abkhazia has repeatedly stated that it planned to abolish checkpoints along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with Abkhazia, except for the checkpoint on the E ...

On December 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia held a working meeting with representatives of the civil society and governmental agencies to discuss the rights situation of women and children in ...

On December 13-16, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and representatives of the Public Defender's Office took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian meeting organized by the Council of Europe. The meetin ...

On September 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report to the local non-governmental and international organizations in the city of Zugdidi about the socio-economic and secur ...

August 30 marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances and it has been celebrated since 2011. The enforced disappearance is often deliberately used as an instrument to subject ...

The third meeting was held between Georgian and Abkhaz human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations under the auspices of the Council of Europe in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, from ...

At the presentation held on June 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia talked about the rights situation of IDPs and conflict-affected citizens, the changes implemented last year, as well as the ex ...

On May 25, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia visited the family of Giga Otkhozoria, Georgian citizen killed by Abkhazian so-called border guards at the Khurcha-Nabakevi checkpoint on May 19, and sh ...

On May 19, the Public Defender of Georgia was informed of the murder of a young man, G.O., at the dividing line of Abkhazia. According to reports, G.O. was trying to convey products at the Khurcha-Nab ...